We are delighted to receive submissions from you! DIY Bride is currently seeking submissions of the following for inclusion on the DIY Bride site or in an issue of our digital magazine.
- Craft tutorials
- Real DIY weddings
- Real engagement sessions
- Articles about wedding planning and crafting
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Craft Tutorials:
Some of our reader’s favorite projects include: invitations and stationery, bouquets and florals, jewelry, decor, favors, and cakes. Projects for weddings, showers, engagement parties, and rehearsal dinners are all welcome.
We prefer projects that are modern and on-trend with the current crop of brides and grooms. (No tulle-wrapped bottles of bubbles, for example.)
Supply lists that must be able to be fulfilled by most crafters (no wholesale-to-the-trade suppliers, for example)
Directions must be clear, concise, and easy-to-follow. Our audience is primarily at the intermediate to advanced level crafters however, we will accept projects at a beginner level as well.
Step-by-step photos must be submitted whenever possible, along with crafting tips and technique information if needed. Any variations to projects are also beneficial.
We’re open to all wedding-related crafts and would love to see techniques such as sewing, paper crafts, printmaking, floral arranging, jewelry making, and clay.
Use of current popular color schemes and themes should be considered when finalizing projects.
Real Weddings & Engagements:
In the body of an email as plain text (no Word, PDF or other formats are accepted)
- Your first names
- Wedding date (including year)
- Wedding location (include city, state, country, resort, etc.)
- What made your wedding creative
- What projects you DIY’ed
- Any other details that made your wedding special
- List of vendors and links to their sites, as applicable
Please attach: at least 25 pictures of your wedding (75 – 100 is ideal), as attachments to the email. (A zipped file is ok as are individual photos; pdf, word, or other formats are not.)
We need at least 1 good shot of the couple in landscape format, 600px wide.
For photographers and other vendors:
We are a two bright lights editorial partner. This is our preferred method of professional submissions because it’s so easy for all involved however, we also accept direct submissions.
25-100 pictures of the wedding (A zipped file is ok, pdf; word, or other formats are not.)
Your name and company name
Couple’s names
Wedding date (including year)
Wedding location (include city, state, country, resort, etc.)
What made your wedding creative
What projects were DIY’ed
What you loved about this wedding
Everyone:
- Please make sure you have the rights to send in the images of choice. In most cases, the photographer owns the rights to the images she/he took at the wedding – the couple does not. Do ask your photog for permission before you send pro shots, please.
- Do NOT send links to your photos. Send the actual photos in an email, please.
- Do NOT send your submissions in any format other than text in the body of an email. NO PDF, MS Word or other file types will be accepted.
- Please send images from your wedding(s) only. Do not submit shots from other peoples’ weddings or events (unless you are the photographer or otherwise have permission to do so).
- We cannot guarantee that we’ll use every image or will feature every submission.
- Please be patient! It does take a while for us to review submissions and schedule them for publication.
- We do share our submissions with our DIYBride.com readers, our tumblr subscribers, our Facebook friends, our Twitter followers, and our Pinterest boards. What can we say? We love sharing how crafty and awesome our readers are!
Ready To Submit? Have Questions? Use our handy dandy contact form to hit us up for the 411.
